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Direct selection and bigger anchor points

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From: JavierZ.
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:47
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Ok, maybe i'm getting old and my eye-hand coordination sucks, but i have problems trying to click on the anchor points with the direct selection tools.

Tipically goes like this: I�m moving a shape with the selection tool (black arrow), then swicht to the direct selection tool (white arrow) and try to move an anchor point.
The first try to click on the point,(even being careful to wait for the little hollow square in the cursor), 9 of 10 times i�m not able to select the point and move the whole path instead. The only way i�m able to select the point is with a marquee selection around it, never with a direct click. However,after i have selected a the first point, the tool seems to work fine on subsequent selections on points of the path.
Is just me or someone else have this problem?

I wonder if an easy solution would be to display bigger anchor points. I find Illustrator�s display of anchors minuscule (i�m getting old). Compare in this screen with Intaglio and the excellent Freehand 3.1 that i still use and enjoy)

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